31 Days, 31 Icons: October is GLBT History Month

October is GLBT History Month. Students and schools are encouraged to create a GLBT History Month exhibit showcasing 31 famous GLBT Icons, one for each day of the month of October. How it works, previous Icons,...

SYTYCD Choreographer Alex Da Silva Charged With Sexual Assault

Alex Da Silva, the 41-year-old choreographer behind some of the routines on the first four seasons of the dance show 'So You Think You Can Dance,' was charged with the sexual assault of four women. Da Silva's victims are believed to be his dance students. Da Silva is out on...

Choreographer Pina Bausch Dies 5 Days after Discovering Cancer

Groundbreaking and innovative German modern dance choreographer Pina Bausch dies today suddenly, only five days after discovering she has cancer. ""An unexpected death carried her away five days after being...

Choreographer Jacqui Landrum Dies

For all of the Big Lebowski fans out there, you will be sad to learn that choreographer Jacqui Landrum, who worked on the dreamy softshoe dance sequences in the Coen Brothers classic, has died at the age of 64. "Jacqui Landrum, who teamed with her husband to choreograph many...

US pop artist Robert Rauschenberg dies

Well-known American pop artist Robert Rauschenberg has died in Florida. He was 82."He was known for his use of odd and everyday articles, which earned him a reputation as a pioneer in pop art.Rauschenberg first...

Hip-Hop's 'Big' Leap Into Ballet

Why is is that when hip-hop artists dabble in other artistic mediums and forms, the 'story' always seems to end up being about them ('8 Mile' comes to mind). Not only that, it's always the heart-wrenching Portrait...

Bizet's Carmen Changes Sex, Seville Moves Stateside in London

" Georges Bizet's``Carmen'' has rarely had such a complete makeover. The heroine is transformed into a car mechanic, and 19th-century Seville is replaced with a 1960s Midwest town called Harmony. It has a population of 375 and sometimes it seems as though they're all on stage...

Beyonce's film role a dream come true

"Beyonce Knowles was born in 1981, the year Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway. At 15, she was encouraged to listen to the soundtrack by her choreographer, a fan of the hit musical. She did, and it changed her life....

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